OBJECTIVES With regard to pharmacological effects of carvacrol on the respiratory system, its effect on cytokines genes expression in splenocytes of asthmatic mice was examined in this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Splenocytes were isolated from non-sensitized (control group), sensitized mice to ovalbumin (OVA) (group S), and S animals treated with dexamethasone, and three concentrations of ca...

To cite: Chaudhary R, Modi JN, Jain N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014206772 DESCRIPTION A 42-year-old woman presented with continuous urinary discharge from the vagina. She had undergone abdominal hysterectomy for adenomyosis and started leaking urine from the vagina on the 12th postoperative day. On per speculum examination, continuou...

Photo Quiz Chronic, Draining Perianal Sinuses NEELOFER SOHAIL, M.D., and JEANNE P. SPENCER, M.D., Conemaugh Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, Pennsylvania RENEE MATHER, M.D., Mathur Health Care, Johnstown, Pennsylvania A 46-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse and hemorrhoids presented with a perianal and perineal rash of three to four weeks' duration. It was associated with severe tenderne...

Efflux time measurements are carried out for gravity draining of a liquid from a large cylindrical tank (where the flow is essentially laminar) through single exit pipe in the absence and presence of Cetyl Pyridinium Chloride (CPC) surfactant solutions. The variables considered are initial height of liquid in the tank, dia. of tank, length of the exit pipe and concentration of surfactant. T...

Chest tube insertion is a common procedure usually done for the purpose of draining accumulated air or fluid in the pleural cavity. Small-bore chest tubes (≤14F) are generally recommended as the first-line therapy for spontaneous pneumothorax in non-ventilated patients and pleural effusions in general, with the possible exception of hemothoraces and malignant effusions (for which an immediate p...